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Thirty Days of Fandom Writing: Day Eight
Oct. 4th, 2015 05:34 pmDo you write OCs? If so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues?
I do write original characters into my fanfic when I need to, and they are almost without fail based on someone I know/have known, skills, faults, quirks, and all. Since they're based on actual people, they don't need to be Mary Sues, just have a different perspective on the situation. I can ask myself, what would so and so ask at this point? What would s/he do? Who would s/he seek out? I guess I'm getting into the head of a fictionalized version of someone who's been in my life at some point.
Original characters in original fiction are different. I write whoever talks in my head. Despite my deep love of Kara, many of my original characters present as male. Maybe this is some of me coming out, since I skew heavily male in many brain-measuring thingies, and I'm guy-like in a lot of ways, even though I am very much a girl. My spirit guides in meditations usually present as male, too, so I'm sure it's all of a piece somehow.
I do write original characters into my fanfic when I need to, and they are almost without fail based on someone I know/have known, skills, faults, quirks, and all. Since they're based on actual people, they don't need to be Mary Sues, just have a different perspective on the situation. I can ask myself, what would so and so ask at this point? What would s/he do? Who would s/he seek out? I guess I'm getting into the head of a fictionalized version of someone who's been in my life at some point.
Original characters in original fiction are different. I write whoever talks in my head. Despite my deep love of Kara, many of my original characters present as male. Maybe this is some of me coming out, since I skew heavily male in many brain-measuring thingies, and I'm guy-like in a lot of ways, even though I am very much a girl. My spirit guides in meditations usually present as male, too, so I'm sure it's all of a piece somehow.
